Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Performances on July 24 - 25 at Washakie Museum
The Summer Performing Arts children practiced the opening number of the Seussical Jr. play. Two performances will be held at the Washakie Museum on July 24 and 25. Children participating in the play include; Gage Stanek, Ella Stanek, Ashlyn Erikson, Chauntea Mocko, Hailee Hunt, Samantha Johnson, Hailey Richard, Monica Nelson, Caleb Durrant, Gabe Durrant, Addie Carver, Katherine Martinson, Daisy Weaver, Ellie Durrant, Jacob Durrant, Joseph Durrant, Kyra Klinghagen, Katie Burrows, Gwendolyn Bird and Tatum Byrd. The show is being directed by Naomi Durrant.
WORLAND - Since July 6, 20 children have been practicing for the play Seussical Jr. at the Washakie Museum. These children are a part of the Summer Performing Arts Camp which runs through July 25.
The overarching plot of the show mirrors that of "Horton Hears a Who", centering on Horton the Elephant's endeavors to protect the people of Who-ville, who live on a tiny speck of dust. It also features characters and scenarios from many other Seuss books including musical numbers based on the original stories, "The Cat in the Hat" also acts as "your host and MC" – acting variously as a narrator, an outside observer, and a devil's advocate throughout the show, and briefly leaping into the action on several occasions to create conflict and keep the story moving, according to the Seussical Jr. Broadway Junior book.
The musical incorporates the books "Horton Hears a Who", "Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are", "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish", "The Cat in the Hat", "If I Ran the Circus", "McElligot's Pool", "Green Eggs and Ham", "Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories", "Horton Hatches the Egg", "I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew" and "Oh, the Things You Can Think!"
Accoridng to camp coordinator Sherryl Ferguson, in the musical performance Dr. Seuss characters come to life – Gertrude McFuzz, Horton the Elephant, Mayzie La Bird, Sour Kangaroo, The Cat in the Hat, and more. The children are also learning all aspects of a full-scale rural production-staging, make-up, costuming, sound, and lights.
There will be two performances of the production. One Firday, July 24 at 7 p.m. and one Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m.
For more information call the museum at 347-4102.
